1976-05-31 Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Colin James Farrell (/ˈfærəl/; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and made his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles such as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and as Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), with further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007). Farrell earned acclaim for playing a novice hitman in his first film with frequent collaborator Martin McDonagh, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award. He went on to play a variety of leading and character roles in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), the science fiction film Total Recall (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies Seven Psychopaths (2012) and The Lobster (2015), the thrillers The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), and Widows (2018), and the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015). Farrell played Oz Cobb/Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022) and the HBO series The Penguin (2024), winning a Golden Globe award for the latter. In 2022, he gained acclaim for his roles in the science fiction drama After Yang, the survival film Thirteen Lives, and McDonagh's drama The Banshees of Inisherin. For playing a naïve Irishman in the lattermost, he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and another Golden Globe, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Farrell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Untitled The Batman Sequel | Oz / The Penguin | 2027-09-30 |
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey | David | 2025-09-18 |
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On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin | Self | 2023-01-14 |
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After Yang | Jake | 2022-03-04 |
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The Batman | Oz / The Penguin | 2022-03-01 |
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The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin | 2022-10-20 |
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Thirteen Lives | John Volanthen | 2022-07-18 |
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Voyagers | Richard | 2021-04-08 |
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Ava | Simon | 2020-07-02 |
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Street Leagues | Narrator | 2020-09-25 |
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The Gentlemen | Coach | 2020-01-01 |
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Artemis Fowl | Artemis Fowl I | 2020-05-29 |
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Gloomy Eyes | (English dubbing) | 2019-01-18 |
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Dumbo | Holt Farrier | 2019-03-27 |
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Widows | Jack Mulligan | 2018-11-06 |
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Steven Murphy | 2017-10-20 |
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. | George Pierce | 2017-11-17 |
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The Beguiled | Corporal McBurney | 2017-06-23 |
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It's Not Yet Dark | Narrator (Voice) | 2016-07-09 |
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Percival Graves | 2016-11-16 |
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Solace | Charles Ambrose | 2015-09-03 |
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The Lobster | David | 2015-10-15 |
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Winter's Tale | Peter Lake | 2014-02-13 |
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Miss Julie | John | 2014-09-07 |
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Epic | Ronin (voice) | 2013-05-15 |
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Saving Mr. Banks | Travers Robert Goff | 2013-11-29 |
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Dead Man Down | Victor | 2013-03-08 |
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Total Recall | Douglas Quaid / Hauser | 2012-08-02 |
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Seven Psychopaths | Marty Faranan | 2012-10-12 |
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Fright Night | Jerry Dandrige | 2011-08-18 |
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Horrible Bosses | Bobby Pellitt | 2011-07-08 |
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The Way Back | Valka | 2010-11-22 |
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Burma Soldier | Narrator (Voice) | 2010-11-01 |
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Ondine | Syracuse | 2010-03-05 |
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London Boulevard | Harry Mitchel | 2010-11-10 |
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Crazy Heart | Tommy Sweet | 2009-12-16 |
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Imaginarium Tony 3 | 2009-10-01 |
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Triage | Mark Walsh | 2009-11-13 |
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In Bruges | Ray | 2008-02-08 |
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Kicking It | Narrator (voice) | 2008-06-13 |
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Pride and Glory | Jimmy Eagan | 2008-09-09 |
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Cassandra's Dream | Terry Blaine | 2007-10-31 |
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Ask the Dust | Arturo Bandini | 2006-02-02 |
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Miami Vice | Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett | 2006-07-27 |
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Becoming Alexander | Self | 2005-12-31 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self | 2005-03-01 |
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The New World | Captain Smith | 2005-12-25 |
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A Home at the End of the World | Bobby Morrow (1982) | 2004-07-23 |
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Alexander | Alexander | 2004-11-21 |
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Intermission | Lehiff | 2003-08-29 |
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Phone Booth | Stu Shepard | 2003-04-04 |
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The Recruit | James Clayton | 2003-01-31 |
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Making of Phone Booth | Self | 2003-03-25 |
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Veronica Guerin | Tattooed Boy | 2003-07-11 |
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Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
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Daredevil | Bullseye | 2003-02-14 |
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S.W.A.T. | Jim Street | 2003-08-08 |
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Minority Report | Agent Danny Witwer [FBI] | 2002-06-20 |
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Hart's War | Lt. Thomas W. Hart | 2002-02-15 |
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American Outlaws | Jesse James | 2001-08-17 |
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Ordinary Decent Criminal | Alec | 2000-01-07 |
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Tigerland | Pvt. Roland Bozz | 2000-10-06 |
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The War Zone | Nick | 1999-06-11 |
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Falling for a Dancer | Daniel McCarthey | 1998-09-13 |
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Drinking Crude | Click | 1997-01-01 |
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The Disappearance of Finbar | Simon | 1997-07-25 |
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Frankie Starlight | Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited) | 1995-11-22 |
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Sgt. Rock | Sgt. Franklin John Rock | |
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Belly of the Beast | Jack Henry Abbott | |
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The Ballad of a Small Player | Lord Doyle |
